Alexander, Lloyd
- The Book of Three. (The Chronicles of Prydain, #1)
Taran, the assistant pig-keeper, longs to be a hero. He begins
his journey to heroism with a strange assortment of companions
on a dangerous mission to save his beloved homeland, Prydain.
(Juv Fic SF)
Avi - The Book Without Words: a Fable
of Medieval Magic.
Thorston, an alchemist who has spent his life trying to decipher
the secret to immortality contained in the Book Without Words,
is on the brink of realizing his dream when he drops dead, leaving
Odo, a talking raven, and Sybil, a servant who was about to be
sacrificed to Thorston's plan, to reap the rewards of his work.
(Juv Fic SF)
Barron, T. A. - The Lost Years of Merlin.
(The Lost Years of Merlin, Book 1.)
A young boy who has no identity nor memory of his past washes
ashore on the coast of Wales and finds his true name after a series
of fantastic adventures. (Juv Fic SF)
Bell, Hilari - The Wizard Test.
Since wizards are considered to be disloyal deceivers who believe
in nothing, 14 year-old Dayven is devastated when he learns he
has wizard powers until he undergoes wizard training and discovers
a new way of looking at the world that will change his values,
friendships, and future. (Juv Fic SF)
Bellairs, John - The House with a Clock
in Its Walls.
A boy goes to live with his magician uncle in a mansion that has
a clock hidden in the walls which is ticking off the minutes until
doomsday. (Juv Fic M)
Chetin, Grace - Gom on Windy Mountain
Gom, the son of a poor woodcutter and his wife, grows up with
his father after his mother leaves home and his siblings go to
stay with townsfolk and discovers he has unusual abilities which
bring him trouble, yet lead him to envision a different sort of
life for himself. (Juv Fic SF)
Chima, Cinda Williams - The Warrior Heir.
After learning about his magical ancestry and his own warrior
powers, sixteen-year-old Jack embarks on a training program to
fight enemy wizards. (Juv Fic SF)
Cooper, Susan - The Boggart.
Emily returns home from a visit to a castle in Scotland that her
family has just inherited, only to find that she has accidentally
brought home with her a boggart, a mysterious and invisible spirit
with a fondness for practical jokes. (Juv Fic SF)
Cooper, Susan - Over Sea, Under Stone.
(The Dark is Rising, #1.)
Three children on a holiday in Cornwall find an ancient manuscript
which sends them on a dangerous quest for a grail that would reveal
the true story of King Arthur. (Juv Fic SF)
Coville, Bruce - Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon
Hatcher
When Jeremy stumbles into Mr. Elives' Magic Shop, he's forced
to choose between Chinese rings, the Skull of Truth and a dragon's
egg. (Juv Fic SF)
Dahl, Roald - Matilda .
Matilda uses her unusual mental powers to rid her school of the
evil, child-hating headmistress. (Juv Fic)
Dale, Anna - Whispering to Witches.
On his way to spend Christmas at his mother's house in Canterbury,
Joe meets a young witch named Twiggy and becomes part of a mystery
involving a missing page from an ancient book of magic. (Juv Fic
SF)
Delaney, Joseph - Revenge of the Witch.
(The Last Apprentice, vol. 1.)
Young Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son, starts work as an
apprentice for the village spook, whose job is to protect ordinary
folk from "ghouls, boggarts, and all manner of wicked beasties."
(YA Fic M)
Downer, Ann - Hatching Magic
When a thirteenth-century wizard confronts twenty-first century
Boston while seeking his pet dragon, he is followed by a rival
wizard and a very unhappy demon. (Juv Fic SF)
Drake, Emily - The Magickers. (The Magickers,
#1)
11-year-old Jason is spared a boring summer at his grandmother's
when his teacher announces he has won the opportunity to attend
a camp for creative and imaginative kids, but he arrives to find
that the camp is really a training ground for new magicians who
are needed to battle the Dark Hand of Brennard. (Juv Fic SF)
Duane, Diane - So You Want to Be a Wizard.
(Young Wizards Series, #1)
13-year-old Nita, tormented by a gang of bullies because she won't
fight back, finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry
which guides her into another dimension. (Juv Fic SF)
Eager, Edward - Knight's Castle.
Roger is pretty sure that modern science has done away with magic
- until his grandfather's battered toy soldier transports him
back to the days of Robin Hood and Ivanhoe. (Juv Fic SF)
Flanagan, John - The Ruins of Gorlan.
(The Ranger's Apprentice, #1)
When 15-year-old Will is rejected by battleschool, he becomes
the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt, and winds
up protecting the kingdom from danger. (Juv Fic SF)
Furlong, Monica - Wise Child.
Abandoned by both her parents, 9-year-old Wise Child goes to live
with the witch woman Juniper, who begins to train her in the ways
of herbs and magic. (Juv Fic SF) Followed by JUNIPER and COLMAN.
Gardner, Alan - Elidor.
While exploring a church that is being razed in a Manchester slum,
four English children are drawn into another world where they
are compelled to combat the evil power which grips most of the
land. (Juv Fic SF)
Gliori, Debi - Pure Dead Magic. (Pure,
Dead series, #1)
When their father is kidnapped and danger looms, the Strega-Borgia
children, their mysterious new nanny, and a giant tarantula use
magic and actual trips through the Internet to bring peace to
their Scottish castle. (Juv Fic SF)
Hayes, Sarah - Crumbling Castle.
The wizard Zebulum's hopes of a peaceful life are dashed when
he moves into Crumbling Castle with his helper crow. (Juv Fic
SF)
Ibbotson, Eva - The Secret of Platform
13
A secret doorway leading from an abandoned railway platform to
a magical kingdom is only open for nine days every nine years.
(Juv Fic SF)
Jones, Diana Wynne - Charmed Life (Chrestomanci
Book, #1.)
Gwendolen Chant and her brother Cat find the Chrestomanci Castle
family's magic powers difficult to counter with the inferior powers
of the Coven Street witches. (Juv Fic SF)
Jones, Diana Wynne. Dark Lord of Derkholm
Derk, an unconventional wizard, and his magical family become
involved in a plan to put a stop to the devastating tours of their
world arranged by the tyrannical Mr. Chesney. Followed by YEAR
OF THE GRIFFIN. (Juv Fic SF)
Jones, Diana Wynne - Howl's Moving Castle
The eldest of three sisters in a land where that is considered
a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice
until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself
in the castle of the dreaded Wizard Howl. (Juv Fic SF)
Lake, A. J. - The Coming of Dragons.
(Darkest Age, #1)
Edmund and Elspeth, both 11 years old, discover they have been
given fantastic gifts to use against the ancient and evil forces
that have been awakened by powerful magic during the Dark Ages
in Great Britain. (Juv Fic SF)
Le Guin, Ursula - A Wizard of Earthsea.
(Earthsea, #1)
Sparrowhawk grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil
he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master wizard.
(Juv Fic SF)
Lubar, David - Wizards of the Game
Mercer, whose passion is the fantasy role-playing game Wizards
of the Warrior World, hopes to use a fundraiser to bring a gaming
convention to his middle school, but instead he attracts four
genuine wizards who are trapped on Earth and want his help in
returning to their own world. (Juv Fic SF)
Luckett, Dave - The Girl, the Dragon,
and the Wild Magic.
On the brink of failing magic school, Rhianna discovers she is
a Wild talent, in possession of a pure form of magic, and her
skills at controlling her abilities are put to the test when a
dragon comes to town. (Juv Fic SF)
McMullan, K.H. - The New Kid at School.
(Dragon Slayers' Academy #1)
Told that his destiny is to be a hero, Wiglaf is in for a first
day of school that he'll never forget! (Juv Fic SF)
Mazer, Anne - The Accidental Witch.
When 10-year-old Phoebe's life-long dream of becoming a witch
comes true, she finds her powers work in unexpectedly disastrous
ways. (Juv Fic SF)
Murphy, Jill - The Worst Witch.
Mildred Hubble is making an awful mess of her first year at Miss
Cackle's Academy for Witches.
(Juv Fic SF)
Nicholson, William - The Wind Singer.
After Kestrel Hath rebels against the stifling rules of Amaranth
society and is forced to flee, she, along with her twin brother
and a tagalong classmate, follow an ancient map in quest of the
legendary silver voice of the wind singer, in an attempt to heal
Amaranth and its people. (Juv Fic SF) Followed by SLAVES OF THE
MASTERY and FIRESONG.
Nimmo, Jenny - Midnight for Charlie Bone
(Children of the Red King, #1)
Charlie Bone's life with his widowed mother and two grandmothers
undergoes a dramatic change when he discovers that he can hear
people in photographs talking. (Juv Fic SF)
Pierce, Tamora - Sandry's Book (Circle
of Magic, #1)
Four young misfits find themselves living in a strictly disciplined
community where they become friends as they learn to use their
magical powers. (Juv Fic SF)
Pratchett, Terry - The Wee Free Men.
(Tiffany Aching Adventure, #1)
A young witch-to-be named Tiffany teams up with the Wee Free Men,
a clan of six-inch-high blue men, to rescue her baby brother and
ward off a sinister invasion from Fairyland. (Juv Fic SF)
Roberts, Willo Davis - The Magic Book
When Alex looks inside the odd old book that seemed to follow
him around the used book sale, he discovers that his name is in
it and that it appears to be a book of magic spells. (Juv Fic)
Rodda, Emily - Rowan of Rin. (Rowan of
Rin series, #1)
Because he can read the magical map, young, weak, and timid Rowan
joins six other villagers to climb a mountain and try to restore
their water supply, as fears of a dragon and other horrors threaten
to drive them back. (Juv Fic SF)
Rubinstein, Gillian - Under the Cat's
Eye.
Jai and his friends at a boarding school join forces with shape-shifters
in their attempt to defeat the headmaster who steals the souls
and futures of the students. (Juv Fic SF)
Sage, Angie - Magyk. (Septimus Heap,
#1.)
After learning that she is the Princess, Jenna is whisked from
her home and carried toward safety by the Extraordinary Wizard,
those she always believed were her father and brother, and a young
guard known only as Boy 412 - pursued by agents of those who killed
her mother ten years earlier. (Juv Fic SF)
Smith, Sherwood - Wren to the Rescue.
With the help of a prince and an apprentice wizard, Wren strives
to rescue her best friend, a princess named Tess, from the fortress
of a wicked King. (Juv Fic SF) Followed by WREN'S QUEST and WREN'S
WAR.
Somtow, S.P. - The Wizard's Apprentice
Aaron Maguire, a rich Hollywood teenager, is recruited by a wizard
and finds his life turned upside down.(Juv Fic SF)
Stroud, Jonathan - The Amulet of Samarkand (The Bartimaeus
trilogy, #1)
Magician's apprentice Nathaniel summons up the djinni Bartimaeus
and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from a powerful
magician. (Juv Fic SF)
Vande Velde, Vivian - A Hidden Magic
It's up to a thoroughly nice, rather plain princess to rescue
her handsome prince when he falls under an evil witch's spell.
(Juv Fic SF)
Vande Velde, Vivian - A Well-Timed Enchantment
Deanna's watch has fallen through a magical gateway in time and
is now lost in medieval France. If she can't rescue it within
24 hours, the world as she knows it will cease to exist. (Juv
Fic SF)
Vande Velde, Vivian - Wizard at Work
A young wizard, who runs a school to teach wizards, looks forward
to a quiet summer off but is drawn into adventures with princesses,
unicorns, and ghosts instead. (Juv Fic SF)
Wrede, Patricia - Dealing With Dragons
Bored with the life of a princess, Cimorene runs away to find
some excitement. (Juv Fic SF)
Yolen, Jane - Wizard's Hall
After just one day at wizard school, Henry is sure that his only
talent is making disasters out of the simplest spells. (Juv Fic
SF)
Zambreno, Mary Frances - A Plague of Sorcerers
When a magic plague begins to take its toll of wizards in the
Empire, Jermyn, a newly-apprenticed wizard, and his skunk familiar
must find a way to stop it. (Juv Fic SF) Followed by JOURNEYMAN
WIZARD.
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